Govt expands 'grow-your-own-veg' scheme after demand sprouts up

By The Nation

 

 

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has extended its offer of free seeds for people to grow their own vegetables as a way of easing the financial burden of Covid-19.

 

Public demand for the seeds has been strong, with more than 103,000 people signing up for the scheme since its launch on May 7.

 

The ministry has responded by offering another 200,000 packets of seed for people to grow in gardens or pots – 100,000-morning glory, collard, choy sum, cucumber and chilli packs and 100,000 packs of collard, morning glory, holy basil and chilli seeds.

 

The scheme is a collaboration with seed companies Chia Tai and East-West Seed, who will deliver the packets to Bangkok residents, said Agriculture and Cooperatives minister Chalermchai Srion.

 

The Department of Agriculture Extension will deliver the seeds in other provinces.

 

The department’s website has instructions on how to grow, garden, breed and produce the plants while provincial officers are also offering advice on the scheme.

 

People can register for the free seeds at the Department of Agriculture Extension’s website www.doae.go.th and Facebook page by scanning the QR code.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30395089

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

100,000 packs of collard, morning glory, holy basil and chilli seeds.

If they gave them some Marj' seeds they could have a Holy smoke as well .. they're probably a bit marrow minded for that though .. 

Edited September 24, 20205 yr by Justgrazing
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1 hour ago, webfact said:

The scheme is a collaboration with seed companies Chia Tai and East-West Seed, who will deliver the packets to Bangkok residents

Can't help but question where they will grow them - in the window box or dig up the concrete tiles

My MIL recently reported the sprouting of a new chilli bush in their garden. Probably a discarded seed and now growing well.

 

I remember the last chilli bush in their garden about ten years ago. Very small chillies in red and green, but very potent.

 

Even a chilli bush saves a small amount of cash.  

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Can't help but question where they will grow them - in the window box or dig up the concrete tiles

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

for people to grow in gardens or pots

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

People can register

do they  need  forms  filled  out in triplicate  signed by the head  man etc etc etc

Finally a government project that does not incite rage.  

4 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

If they gave them some Marj' seeds they could have a Holy smoke as well .. they're probably a bit marrow minded for that though .. 

Coming soon.

23 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

Finally a government project that does not incite rage.  

Give it time.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

'grow-your-own-veg' scheme after demand sprouts up

I do not think the Thais will like these:-

 

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The scheme is a collaboration with seed companies Chia Tai and East-West Seed, who will deliver the packets to Bangkok residents, said Agriculture and Cooperatives minister Chalermchai Srion

Should work well on the 20th floor of a condo.

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Can't help but question where they will grow them - in the window box or dig up the concrete tiles

There's plenty of us out here with fair sized gardens in which we grow many Vege's already but we are always up for a few more free seeds, as are many of our Thai Neighbours.

5 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

If they gave them some Marj' seeds they could have a Holy smoke as well .. they're probably a bit marrow minded for that though .. 

Perhaps use your vegetable patch? I'm really pleased with my vegetable patch.
I haven't wanted a vegetable for weeks.

Amazing ! Here is some seeds to grow your own food as we ain’t paying you any money to survive as we are blowing it all on submarines !! ????

11 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

I do not think the Thais will like these:-

40 some years ago I was helping some villagers and showed them pics of various seeds I could get.  Many wanted brussels sprouts.  I tried to explain that they were not like a papaya tree with masses of big cabbages. 

16 hours ago, torturedsole said:

My MIL recently reported the sprouting of a new chilli bush in their garden. Probably a discarded seed and now growing well.

 

I remember the last chilli bush in their garden about ten years ago. Very small chillies in red and green, but very potent.

 

Even a chilli bush saves a small amount of cash.  

Years back in the US, we grew a small Thai chili bush.  We overwintered it inside and replanted next season in a garden with fairly good soil.  We added large amounts of composted leaves and horse manure.

 

That thing grew like crazy.  The peppers were so hot that even my Isaan wife didn't want them. So we gave them to a Laotian refugee family.

On 9/25/2020 at 6:20 AM, bodga said:

do they  need  forms  filled  out in triplicate  signed by the head  man etc etc etc

Exactly. Seeds are very cheap here. 

On 9/25/2020 at 9:12 AM, hotchilli said:

Should work well on the 20th floor of a condo.

I tried that myself. Got a few pots of tomatoes started before the juristic person came down on me. All balconies must look the same. 

On 9/25/2020 at 9:12 AM, hotchilli said:

Should work well on the 20th floor of a condo.

I tried that myself. Got a few pots of tomatoes started before the juristic person came down on me. All balconies must look the same. 

 

On 9/25/2020 at 10:02 AM, bluesofa said:

Perhaps use your vegetable patch? I'm really pleased with my vegetable patch.
I haven't wanted a vegetable for weeks.

If you are successful growing real veggies such as tomatoes, summer squash, sweet peppers, green beans, I'd sure like to talk to you. I mean real tomatoes, not the cardboard Thai variants. 

I've tried multiple times over the years with scant success. Of course I live along the coast, not inland mountains. 

 

Cukes and greens do OK here but not much else. 

On 9/25/2020 at 9:12 AM, hotchilli said:

Should work well on the 20th floor of a condo.

I tried that myself. Got a few pots of tomatoes started before the juristic person came down on me. All balconies must look the same. 

 

On 9/25/2020 at 10:02 AM, bluesofa said:

Perhaps use your vegetable patch? I'm really pleased with my vegetable patch.
I haven't wanted a vegetable for weeks.

If you are successful growing real veggies such as tomatoes, summer squash, sweet peppers, green beans, I'd sure like to talk to you. I mean real tomatoes, not the cardboard Thai variants. 

I've tried multiple times over the years with scant success. Of course I live along the coast, not inland mountains. 

 

Cukes and greens do OK here but not much else. 

I see that there will be a glut of morning glory, collard, choy sum, cucumber and chilli on the market this year.  1 kilo of each - 10 THB.  May be better to buy you own seed (they're cheap) and grow a different crop.  Then, save enough seed for next year. 

On 9/25/2020 at 4:04 AM, Justgrazing said:

If they gave them some Marj' seeds they could have a Holy smoke as well .. they're probably a bit marrow minded for that though .. 

Already happened, Thai lady signed up for some cannabis grow at home scheme last year (Chiang Mai), received 5 seeds, hasn't bothered to plant them. Have no idea what the scheme was, she just mentioned it in passing.

Just now, connda said:

I see that there will be a glut of morning glory, collard, choy sum, cucumber and chilli on the market this year.  1 kilo of each - 10 THB.  May be better to buy you own seed (they're cheap) and grow a different crop.  Then, save enough seed for next year. 

No need to buy seed, just pick them out of whatever you're eating.

I did tomatoes and chilli, they all grew ......... insects ate the lot ...... growing outside here needs significant pesticides.

Aphids, Leaf miners, White-fly ..... and plenty of them.

5 minutes ago, connda said:

I see that there will be a glut of morning glory, collard, choy sum, cucumber and chilli on the market this year.  1 kilo of each - 10 THB.  May be better to buy you own seed (they're cheap) and grow a different crop.  Then, save enough seed for next year. 

'I see that there will be a glut of morning glory,'  Sounds more like a euphemism.

14 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Years back in the US, we grew a small Thai chili bush.  We overwintered it inside and replanted next season in a garden with fairly good soil.  We added large amounts of composted leaves and horse manure.

 

That thing grew like crazy.  The peppers were so hot that even my Isaan wife didn't want them. So we gave them to a Laotian refugee family.

my family in Ireland have a yearly competition to see who grows the hotest. If the fx rate for the Euro vv the Thai baht continues to decline, maybe it's time to move back?

24 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Already happened, Thai lady signed up for some cannabis grow at home scheme last year (Chiang Mai), received 5 seeds, hasn't bothered to plant them. Have no idea what the scheme was, she just mentioned it in passing.

send my wife her phone number 555

 

Reminds me after the war in 1950 we had an allotment and a lot of other people did, anyway the seeds are not available to farangs need a work permit

Im good at growing weeds 

On 9/25/2020 at 10:02 AM, bluesofa said:

Perhaps use your vegetable patch? I'm really pleased with my vegetable patch.
I haven't wanted a vegetable for weeks.

I seed the wife's patch regularly.. 

Obviously a plan to put the sex toy sellers out of business!